Anna Joseph
Master’s Student, Social Work and Public Health This summer I interned at Clínica de Familia La Romana (CFLR), a clinic located in the eastern region of the Dominican Republic. CFLR provides a wide range...
Author: Wallenberg Committee
Jasmine Kipke
Neuroscience This summer I was able to set up a program to help women who are afflicted with obstetric fistula in the rural communities of Kashongi and Kitura in western Uganda. Obstetric fistula is...
Lucia Michelazzo Ceroni
Nursing This summer I had the opportunity to work with La Matria, an Argentinean non-profit organization that aims to better society through empowering individuals and communities. The empowerment occurs through a number of activities...
Ryan Thomas
Biomedical Engineering I lived in two areas of the Dominican Republic this summer, conducting needs assessment through interviewing physicians, clinicians, patients and other community members as well as observing clinical practices. In the spirit...
2015, Masha Gessen
On Tuesday President Mark Schlissel awarded the Wallenberg Medal to Masha Gessen, Russian American author, journalist and activist. The University’s most distinguished award, the medal commemorates Raoul Wallenberg, Michigan Class of 1935, whose actions...
Exposing the Real Russia under Putin: “Don’t walk the streets. Don’t eat the food. Don’t talk.”
The 2015 Wallenberg Medalist, Masha Gessen, will give the Wallenberg Lecture on November 3 at 7:30 pm in the Rackham Auditorium. Gessen is a highly acclaimed journalist, author, and vocal critic of Vladimir Putin...
Summer in Uganda
Katherine spent her summer in Uganda working with children who are cognitively impaired due to severe episodes of cerebral malaria. I spent the summer working with this amazing group of women who taught me...
Empowering Underserved Populations in Argentina
Lucia Michelazzo Ceroni spent her summer in Argentina to implement healthcare workshops focused on youth health education to empower and educate underserved populations.
Photo Journal of Jesse Contreras
Jesse Contreras spent his summer in Mexico City working on a pilot study to research the effects of waste water on health.
A Campus Tour Leads to a Partnership in Africa
His English was limited. She couldn’t speak French. But that didn’t stop a Congolese physician and a U-M School of Nursing professor from building a partnership in one of the most dangerous places for...
